A History of the Modern World

A History of the Modern World is a work initially published by the distinguished American historian at Princeton and Yale universities, Robert Roswell Palmer, in 1950. The work has since been extended by Joel Colton (from its second edition, 1956)[1] and Lloyd S. Kramer (from its ninth edition, 2001),[2] and currently (as of October 2017) counts thirteen editions.[3][2] First published in 1950, translated into six languages, is used in more than 1,000 colleges and universities as well as many high school advanced placement courses.[4]

The second edition (1956), comprises two volumes, 20 main chapters and 110 sub-chapters.[5] The author focuses on World History from a European perspective, and the newer editions also exists under the title "A History of Europe in the Modern World".[6]

Contents

Content of the second edition, Note: Swedish translation re-translated. Although this double translation may differ in some words or formulations, from the American English original, this illustrates the content and structure of R.R. Palmer's work.

27. The World's Housekeeping during the 18th Century, p. 200
28. Western Europe after Utrecht, p. 209
29. The Big War in the middle of the 18th Century, p. 219

Chapter 7 - The Scientific perspective of the World

30. The Prophets of Scientific Culture - Bacon and Descartes, p. 234
31. The Road to Newton: Law of Gravitation, p. 239
32. Expanded Knowledge of the Human Being and Society, p. 247
33. Political Theory: the Natural Law School, p. 254

45. The Creation of the French Empire, p. 345
46. The large Empire: the Propagation of the Revolution, p. 354
47. The Continental System: Britain and Europe, p. 359
48. The National Movements: Germany, p. 364
49. Napoleon defeated: The Vienna Congress, p. 372

Chapter 11 - Reaction versus progress 1815 - 1848

50. The Industrial Revolution, p. 384
51. Origin of the new Ideologies, p. 391
52. The Dam of the River: Domestic Politics, p. 403
53. The Breakthrough of Liberalism in the West: The Revolutions 1830-32, p. 413
54. The triumph of Western Bourgeois, p. 423

56: Paris: the Ghost of Western Social Revolutions, p. 2
57: Vienna: the National Revolution in Central Europe, p. 9
58: Frankfurt and Berlin: the Question of a Liberal Europe, p. 17
59: The Consequences of the 1848 Revolutions: the hard Objectivity, p. 24
60: Birth of Marxism, p. 27
61: Bonaparteism: The Second French Empire 1852-70, p. 33

84: The International Anarchy, p. 175
85: The Battle of Marne and the new Countenance of the War, p. 184
86: Stalemate 1915-1916, the Navy, the Army, Diplomacy, p. 186
87: The Russian Collapse and the United States' intervention, p. 194
88: The Collapse of the Austrian and German Empires, p. 200
89: The War's Economical and Social Effects, p. 202
90: The Peace in Paris 1919, p. 206

97: Democracy's advancement and the New Deal, p. 260
98: The German Republic and the Spirit of Locarno, p. 265
99: Asia's Revolt, p. 272
100: The Great Depression: Collapse of the World's Housekeeping, p. 284

Chapter 19 - Democracy and Dictatorship

101: The United States: Depression and the New Deal, p. 292
102: Stress and Adaptation for the British and French Democracies, p. 297
103: Totalitarianism: The Italian Fascism, p. 306
104: Totalitarianism: Germany's Third Reich, p. 311
105: Weakness of the West: Against a New War, p. 323

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